Description
Since the first edition of this text was published, endovascular technique has become a mainstay of vascular care, treating disease that would have previously required open surgery. This book provides a step-by-step approach to endovascular intervention and aims to assist clinicians in the development and refinement of skills that are now essential
Table of Contents
Part I: Basic Endovascular Skills. Endovascular Concepts. Case Preparation and Room Setup. Getting In: Percutaneous Vascular Access. Basic Sheath Access. Guidewire-Catheter Skills. Small Platform Guidewires and Monorail Systems. Guidewire and Catheter Passage. Imaging: The Key to Future Success. Selective Catheterization. Arteriography . Setting Up the Therapeutic Maneuver: Crossing Lesions. Part II: Endovascular Therapy. Strategy for Endovascular Therapy. Endovascular Workshop. Access for Endovascular Therapy. Medications for Endovascular Therapy. Balloon Angioplasty: Minimally Invasive Autologous Revascularization. More About Balloon Angioplasty: Keeping Out of Trouble. Stents: Minimally Invasive Relining. The Infrarenal Aorta, Aortic Bifurcation, and Iliac Arteries: Advice about Balloon Angioplasty and Stent Placement . The Infrainguinal Arteries: Advice about Balloon Angioplasty and Stent Placement. Advice About Endovascular Salvage of Previous Reconstructions. Part III: Advanced Endovascular Therapy. New Tools and Devices and How to Use Them. Brachiocephalic Interventions. Visceral and Renal Arteries: Advice about Balloon Angioplasty and Stent Placement. Complex Lower-Extremity Revascularization. Coiling of Peripheral Aneurysms. Making a Clean Getaway: Puncture Site Management. Endovascular Complications Can Be Avoided. Index.
